Graham Miller interviewed by Frank Paterson

Made:
2018-07-11 in National Railway Museum
maker:
Frank Paterson

Oral history interview with Graham Miller, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at the National Railway Museum, York on 11 July 2018. Duration: 2 hr. 17 min. 40 sec. Management Trainee Scotland; Area Operations Assistant Girvan; Jimmy Knapp; trade union influence; Royal Train; Bellshill Area Manager; absenteeism; whisky thefts; Operations and Train Crew Manager; bonus schemes; Personal Assistant to Peter Parker; David Bowick; government objectives; lack of knowledge among civil service; Friends of National Railway Museum (FNRM); Nationalised Industries Chairmen’s Group; Margaret Thatcher; resignation; family business; consultancy; Freight Transport Association (FTA); road transport de-regulation; response to OBE award; Malcolm Rifkind; cost of safety; FTA rail freight group; aborted meeting with John MacGregor; 44 ton heavy axle load introduced; political incomprehension of railways’ complexity; Network Rail Advisory Board

One of over 150 oral history recordings made as part of the Britain’s Railways All Change (BRAC) archive project. BRAC was set-up to cover gaps in documenting the railway privatisation process in the United Kingdom, between 1994 and 1997, when the government-owned British Rail was dismantled into over 100 privately-owned companies. The interviews capture the recollections of people involved in the planning and implementation of the privatisation process, the management of change and running the railway during privatisation.

Details

Category:
Oral Histories
Collection:
Britain's Railways All Change
Object Number:
2020-274
type:
oral history interview
credit:
Britain’s Railways All Change (BRAC) oral history archive, created in partnership with the Friends of the National Railway Museum, the Retired Railway Officers’ Society and the National Railway Museum.